開

Prefix

open; beginning

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

to bloom; to unfold; to spread out

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

Transitive verb

to hold (meeting, party, etc.); to give; to open

Transitive verb

to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start

Transitive verb

to open (ports, borders, etc.)

Transitive verb

to open (an account)

Transitive verb

to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop

Transitive verb; Computing

to open (a file, etc.)

Transitive verb; Mathematics

to extract (root); to reduce (equation)

Transitive verb; Food, cooking; As 魚を開く

to cut open (fish)

Transitive verb

to change (kanji into hiragana)

Intransitive verb

to flare (e.g. skirt)

Intransitive verb; Sports; As 体が開く, 肩が開く, etc.

to slacken (into a poor posture)

Word usually written using kana alone; Intransitive verb; Go (game); Usu. ヒラく

to extend

開ける only; Transitive verb

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock

開ける only; Transitive verb

to open (for business, etc.)

Transitive verb; Esp. 空ける

to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room

Transitive verb; Esp. 空ける

to move out; to clear out

Transitive verb; Esp. 空ける

to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily)

Intransitive verb; Esp. 明ける

to dawn; to grow light

Intransitive verb; Esp. 明ける

to end (of a period, season)

Intransitive verb; Esp. 明ける

to begin (of the New Year)

Intransitive verb; Esp. 明ける

to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for)

Intransitive verb

to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

Intransitive verb; Esp. 開く

to open (e.g. doors)

Intransitive verb; Esp. 開く

to open (e.g. business, etc.)

Intransitive verb; Esp. 空く

to be empty

Intransitive verb; Esp. 空く

to be vacant; to be available; to be free

Intransitive verb; Esp. 明く

to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.)

Intransitive verb; Esp. 明く

to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

Intransitive verb; Esp. 明く

to come to an end

Transitive verb; Esp. 明く

to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

Intransitive verb

to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)

development; exploitation (of resources)

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to become clear (of a road, visibility, etc.); to open up

to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better

to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to modernize; to grow; to advance (of knowledge, ideas, etc.)

to be sensible; to be understanding; to be enlightened

to open (of a new road, railway, etc.); to be opened to traffic

to become populous; to become densely built; to become bustling

holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)

opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open

opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access

to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive

opening and shutting; opening and closing

to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open

reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development

pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground; trailblazing

opening a new shop

opening a shop (for the day)

Transitive verb

to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to expose

Intransitive verb

to open up (of clothing); to be exposed

Archaic; Transitive verb

to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); to stretch

at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all

outbreak of war; starting a war

flowering; blooming; blossoming; coming into bloom

flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming; bearing fruit (of efforts)

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

unboxing (a product)

unsealed mail

raising the curtain

opening (of an event); start; beginning

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

release (of information, documents, etc.); disclosure; display

Law

discovery

Common noun

opening; gap

Suffix

dried and opened fish

Word usually written using kana alone; Common noun; Go (game); Usu. ヒラキ

extension

to leave open

opening a business; opening a practice